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Council Approves Housing Report

Published on Wednesday, October 5, 2022 | 4:55 am
 

The City Council approved the submission to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, of the Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report for projects funded in the 2021 Program Year under the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG), and the HOME Investment Partnership Act programs.

The programs assist low and moderate income individuals and families and address community development, affordable housing and homelessness needs.

“During the 2021-2022 Program Year, 11 service projects were funded using CDBG, CDBG-CV, ESG and ESG-CV funds, serving over 3,115 unduplicated persons,” according to a City staff report. “These projects provided programming that addresses education, homelessness, and emergency rental assistance.”

Through CDBG non-public service funds, two projects were completed including public facility and infrastructure improvements (Wi-Fi installation, sidewalk improvements), and single-family rehabilitation. 

ESG funds were utilized to provide non-congregate shelter services at motels and street outreach services to households experiencing homelessness, as well as homelessness prevention financial assistance for households at imminent risk of homelessness.  

According to the Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER), progress in some activities have exceeded their respective five-year goals due to an influx of emergency funding to address impacts from the pandemic.

Other goals have been affected due to impacts from the pandemic. 

As the economy recovers from COVID, goal accomplishments are expected to increase in all categories over the balance of the five-year period. 

Emergency rental assistance and business grant programs were also implemented to address urgent community needs. Annual accomplishment goals for housing rehabilitation and public facility improvements were impacted by the health pandemic but have since picked up in the current program year. 

ESG goals are based on services provided to individuals and families experiencing or at risk of homelessness. Progress toward the homeless overnight shelter goal is tracking low due to converting the congregate Bad Weather Shelter (BWS) program to a non congregate, weather-activated motel voucher program for a second year as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. 

The weather-activated motel vouchers ultimately served fewer people but for longer stays than BWS would have. 

Per HUD guidelines, the Homeless Overnight Shelter goal includes outcomes for street outreach programs as well. 

In the 2021-2022 project year, 19 individuals were served by one ESG-funded street outreach program. 

Progress toward the Homelessness Prevention five-year goal is on pace to exceed its five-year goal. Despite continued pandemic-related tenant protections such as eviction moratoria, the demand for homelessness prevention resource continues to be higher than in pre-pandemic times.

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